Saturday, November 23, 2013

true beauty

"Beautiful people are not always good But good people are always beautiful." - Ali (RA)

Friday, November 15, 2013

worries

“if you prayed as much as you worry, you’d have nothing to worry about”

oneness

Imam Ibn ul-Qayyim (RA) said “There is nothing that drives away the afflictions of this world except tawhid (asserting the oneness of God). That is why the suplication of the distressed person is with tawhid. Such as the supplication of Yunus (AS). The distressed person does not supplicate with what Yunus supplicated with except that God releases him from his hardship because of tawhid. There is nothing more gruesome for the distressed person than shirk(associating others with God), and there is nothing that can rescue you from it except tawhid, it is refuge for the creation, its shelter, its fortress, its aid.”

Thursday, November 14, 2013

silence

"How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak" - Francois Fenelon

simplicity

"simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication" - Leonardo De Vinci

Thursday, November 7, 2013

contentment

"When a man is satisfied with God's decrees, it is a sign that God is satisfied with him." - Shaykh Ali ibn Uthman Hujwiri

fear of poverty

Sufyan said "Satan has no weapon like the fear of poverty, and if man accepts this from him he undertakes vain deeds, withholding the right, talking passionately, and supposing evil of his Lord." - Ihya, Book 2